Cape Town Fire – How to Help

Thank you all for your kind and generous support! The offers of support and assistance have been overwhelming, and we are indeed very grateful. At this stage we are well taken care of as regards food and refreshments, as the public response has been to ‘cook up a storm’! Should you wish to assist us […]

VWS Trail Challenge 2015

Sunday 10 May 2015 Deer Park, Vredehoek, Cape Town. 10th Anniversary Edition! Entries Opening Soon (sorry for the slight delay – its been a busy few fires days for us) >> The Volunteer Wildfire Services Trail Challenge will be held on Sunday, 10 May 2015, in Deer Park, Vredehoek, Cape Town.

Seven Days, Eight Call Outs

Seven days, seven call outs would have would been a catchy title but that was not the case last week as VWS was called out to more fires than there were days in the week. It turned out to be one of the busiest weeks so far this season for the VWS with all three […]

Thank you all for your kind and generous support! The offers of support and assistance have been overwhelming, and we are indeed very grateful. At this stage we are well taken care of as regards food and refreshments, as the public response has been to ‘cook up a storm’! Should you wish to assist us […]

Seven days, seven call outs would have would been a catchy title but that was not the case last week as VWS was called out to more fires than there were days in the week. It turned out to be one of the busiest weeks so far this season for the VWS with all three […]

Summer and holiday is a great time to get out and about, and in Cape Town heading up the mountain or to the nearest beach is a must-do. However, there are risks and everyone needs to precautions, particularly on the mountains. They may look like they are in your ‘backyard’ but they still pose many […]

For the write up of VWS Open Day 2014 and find all the other pictures – Click Here For children, VWS Open Day is one big adventure, with so many activities for them to complete to learn about wildland fire fighting or just to have some serious fun, learn and try new things. With the […]

The Volunteer Wildfire Services held its annual Open Day at Newlands Station on 29 November 2014. We had a record attendance, possibly fueled from interest generated by recent fires on Signal Hill and Glencairn Heights. It all started at 6am with just over 100 VWS members gathering sleepily to listen to the briefing for the […]